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The State of Jones - Sally Jenkins; John Stauffer
Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Best of the Month, July 2009: Make room in your understanding of the Civil War for Jones County, Mississippi, where a maverick small farmer named ... -
The Stand - Stephen King
In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it. Th... -
The Science of Evil - Simon Baron-Cohen
A pathbreaking autism researcher explores why some people lack empathy and what that absence means for our psychological understanding of evil. -
The Quantum Universe - Brian Cox; Jeff Forshaw
The Quantum Universe brings together two authors on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand the deepest questions of science. But just what is quantum ... -
The Princess and the Bear - Mette Ivie Harrison
From School Library JournalGrade 7 Up—This stand-alone sequel to The Princess and the Hound (HarperCollins, 2007) examines and critiques humanity by contrasting animals and people.... -
The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie
Review'Wholesale murder by black magic!highly ingenious, wholly enjoyable.' Evening Standard 'The acknowledged queen of detective fiction' Observer Product Description... -
The Nine - Jeffrey Toobin
As the Supreme Court continues to rule on important issues, it is essential to understand how it operates. Based on exclusive interviews with the justices themselves and other insi... -
The Moonlit Mind (Novella)_ A T - Dean Koontz
In this chilling original stand-alone novella, available exclusively as an eBook, #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz offers a taste of what’s to come in his new no... -
The Middle of Everywhere - Mary Pipher
Over the past decade, Mary Pipher has been a great source of wisdom, helping us to better understand our family members. Now she connects us with the newest members of the American... -
The Midden - Tom Sharpe
Timothy Brights doesn't exactly live up to his name. Brought up to regard copious flows of money as his birthright, he can't understand why the funds have been cut off, nor why fri...